According to NOAA, La Niña is beginning to fade away in the Pacific, but it's probably too late to expect much precip this year. La Niña-like impacts are expected to persist into the upcoming season. For those of us who like rain, snow, and water, this is not great news. So far this year hasContinue reading “How dry will it be in California in 2012?”
Author Archives: Kit Stolz
Rush Limbaugh is a grotesque monster: Tom Toles
Tom Toles rarely draws El Rushbo, but when he does, Limbaugh always ends up looking like Jabba the Hut. For Toles, it's uncharacteristically unfunny. A little grotesque, disturbing.
Heard any frogs in your backyard lately?
A UC Berkeley researcher quoted in the U.S. News and World Report warns that the frogs in your backyard — if any — may be on their way out. If you happen to see a frog hopping around in your back yard, take a good look— it might not be around for much longer. Ecologists areContinue reading “Heard any frogs in your backyard lately?”
Limbaugh a threat to GOP, warns conservative — in 2009
Almost exactly three years ago, David Frum — for decades a proud Reaganaut who, among his other efforts for the conservative cause, wrote speeches for George W. Bush — broke from right-wing orthodoxy and denounced Rush Limbaugh as a danger to the party. Every day, Rush Limbaugh reassures millions of core Republican voters that noContinue reading “Limbaugh a threat to GOP, warns conservative — in 2009”
Could global warming give us late, light flu seasons?
In Ventura, the Star's first-rate health and society reporter Tom Kisken documents the lightest flu season in decades. Seriously, for some reason, it's been 29 years since the flu season took until February to get started. Usually it happens by Christmas. That's according to the official Centers for Disease Control. Why so late? In CaliforniaContinue reading “Could global warming give us late, light flu seasons?”
Bill Clinton: Does Mitt Romney have father issues?
Bill Clinton reacts to Romney's now-infamous 2008 call to Let Deroit Go Bankrupt. "Every time I hear Mr. Romney talk about this, I think his daddy must be turning over in his grave." Romney has already indicated that he disrespects his father's politics. Could his scorn for the American auto industry also be rooted inContinue reading “Bill Clinton: Does Mitt Romney have father issues?”
It’s hard out here for a reporter
And here's why: I'm in the wrong business, obviously.
Global warming is driving Rick Santorum crazy
Following Rick Santorum on the campaign trail for Slate, Dave Weigel declares that Santorum is "really swinging for the fences on global warming denial." Weigel thinks that's smart in Michigan, and maybe that's true in a purely political GOP primary, but still…he's sounding strange. And the strangeness seems to be escalating: We're not here toContinue reading “Global warming is driving Rick Santorum crazy”
World’s largest seal rookery found in Ventura County
For the Ventura County Star, Zeke Barlow reports from the world's largest seal rookery, on San Miguel Island far off the Ventura County coast. The sea lions, some weighing as much as 6,000 pounds, where nearly driven to extinction a hundred years ago, but have rebounded wondrously: "We first saw two pups here in 1986,"Continue reading “World’s largest seal rookery found in Ventura County”
Wondering where all the rain has gone?
Now you know: From NOAA, via reporter Mark Grossi's Twitter feed.
Kit Stolz 